Robust policy is critical to achieving improved health outcomes—but far too often action stops once a policy is developed and adopted. Policies are only as effective as the extent to which they are implemented, and poor policy implementation holds back efforts to expand equitable access to health services.

Advocates play a key role in driving policy implementation and holding decision-makers accountable. A number of existing frameworks and tools serve to inform their strategies and approaches; PATH's Capital to Clinic initiative aims to establish a tool and methodology—building upon defined strategic frameworks—for advocates to move the policy process forward toward implementation and evaluation.

This brief provides an overview of existing frameworks for pursuing policy implementation.